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City Lights Authors in the News
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Border Patrol Nation
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security
Todd Miller
Todd Miller Oped in the New York Times
Todd Miller, author of Border Patrol Nation:Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security writes about the costs of the militarization of the border in The New York Times, "Sunday Review."
-Todd Miller, The New York Times Aug 18, 2013
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Culture of Cruelty
How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future
Tim Wise
"Author Tim Wise discusses George Zimmerman case on Huffington Post"
Tim Wise, author of Culture of Cruelty, responds to the recent George ZImmerman case and explaining the issue of race in America to his daughter on Huffington Post.
"You remember, forever and forever, that moment when you first discover the cruelties and injustices of the world, and having been ill-prepared for them, your heart breaks open."
-Tim Wise,Huffington Post Jul 15, 2013
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Spying on Democracy
Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance
Heidi Boghosian
"Heidi Boghosian interviewed on Coast to Coast AM"
Boghosian addressed the extent to which the US government is actively acquiring personal information on Americans through their phone calls, emails, and Internet usage. She warned that the government now has the means to suppress the most essential tools of democracy. For instance, they have spied on some reporters, and threatened them with charges of espionage and conspiracy. We really have "an affront, not only to the Constitution, but for an open society where we can keep the government in check rather than having them control us," she stated.
-George Noory, Coast to Coast AM Sep 12, 2013
"Interview with Heidi Boghosian"
On WLRN's "Topical Currents," Boghosian discusses the increase of surveillance on ordinary citizens through technology, and how this benefits commercial entities as well.
-Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman and Paul Leary, WLRN Sep 9, 2013
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National Insecurity
The Cost of American Militarism
Melvin A. Goodman
"Mel Goodman interviewed by Meria Heller"
Melvin A. Goodman discusses his book National Insecurity, military spending, and his opinions on the NSA and Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning with Meria Heller on "Talk Radio with Meria Heller."
-Meria Heller, Talk Radio with Meria Heller Jul 2, 2013
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I Must Resist
Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters
Bayard Rustin, Julian Bond, Michael G Long
"Mother Jones discusses Bayard Rustin"
"Michael G. Long, who edited I Must Resist, tells Mother Jones the accolades are long overdue. 'Rustin is finally emerging out of the shadows,' he says. 'This is a man who labored for decades behind the scenes. And he labored there willingly, but he was also pushed there and kept there and confined there by civil rights leaders.'"
-Lauren Williams, Mother Jones Aug 27, 2013
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The Black History of the White House
Clarence Lusane
"Buying Freedom Through Dressmaking"
"The new movie 'Lincoln' explores the last months of Abraham Lincoln's life and sheds light on prominent figures of the time. One lesser-known person is former slave Elizabeth Keckley. She became a close confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln. Host Michel Martin speaks with professor Clarence Lusane about Keckley's contributions to American history."
-Michel Martin, NPR Dec 5, 2012
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